The following uses shall be permitted in the C-R (Commercial
and Recreation Zone) unless otherwise provided in this Chapter and
shall be exempt from the Special Use Permit provisions of Article
25 of this Chapter:
(1)
Animal
exhibits including, but not limited to, circuses, petting zoos, animal
shows, bird shows, animal auctions and sales.
(2)
Animal
competitions and shows including, but not limited to, horse racing,
harness racing and equestrian shows.
(3)
Athletic
events (professional and amateur) including, but not limited to, football,
baseball, track, tennis, soccer, wrestling, boxing, skating (ice or
roller), golf, hockey, rodeos, and basketball.
(4)
Social
events including, but not limited to, dances, charity benefits and
balls.
(5)
Entertainment
events, including, but not limited to, movies, closed circuit television,
musicals, singing groups, talent acts, ice shows and water shows.
Exception: the following adult-oriented entertainment businesses are
subject to Special Use Permit approval and the conditions of Article
24.1 of this Chapter: Adult Cabaret, Adult Live Entertainment Theater,
and any Miscellaneous Adult Oriented Business that includes live entertainment
as a part of its operation.
(6)
Banquets
and dining events (political, public, charity, private, educational
and charitable).
(7)
Conventions
and conferences including, but not limited to, business, industrial,
professional, religious, political and educational.
(8)
Exhibit
(business, industrial and professional) including, but not limited
to, trade shows, automotive, boat, mobile home, home and home appliances,
business and industrial sales and service.
(9)
Movie
sets and locations when approved as to time and location by the Department
of Community Development and Housing.
(10)
Live
telecast, filming of commercials and documentaries.
(11)
Recreation
and leisure events including, but not limited to, picnics, fiestas,
Centinela Days and other community events (Boy and Girl Scout campouts),
parks and recreational activities.
(12)
Vehicular
competitive events within a fully enclosed building or structure including,
but not limited to, midget auto races and motorcycle races and bicycle
races.
(13)
Children's
activities including, but not limited to, carnivals, fairs, animal
rides, amusement rides, fishing, children's athletic events. These
uses can be conducted by non-profit and for-profit organizations and
are not limited to fourteen days.
(14)
Game
and video arcades and comparable family recreation centers, when provided
as an ancillary use within a larger entertainment or sports facility
of not less than one hundred thousand square feet in floor area. (Additional
on-site parking is not required for such ancillary use). Note: game
or video arcades located within smaller facilities shall require prior
Special Use Permit approval pursuant to Article 25 of this Chapter.
(16)
Public
parking (surface, subsurface, and structures).
(17)
Accessory
uses and buildings meaning those uses associated with the efficient
operation or conduct of any of the permitted uses.
(20)
Smoke
Shops. New or expanded smoke shops are prohibited within five thousand
two hundred eighty feet of another smoke shop, prohibited within six
hundred feet of any school, public playground or nonprofit youth facility
and are subject to Special Use Permit approval.
(21)
Hookah
Lounge. New or expanded hookah lounges, subject to Special Use Permit
approval and the following:
(a)
Prohibited within six hundred feet of any school, public playground,
or nonprofit youth facility;
(b)
Hours of operation shall be limited to the hours between nine a.m.
and eleven p.m.; and
(c)
New or expanded hookah lounges are prohibited within five thousand
two hundred eighty feet (one mile) of another hookah lounge.
(22)
Restaurants, subject to the following:
(a)
Dine-In Restaurants.
(b)
Fast-food restaurants, subject to the following exceptions:
(i)
New or expanded single-tenant, free-standing fast-food restaurants
are prohibited within one thousand feet of another single-tenant free-standing
fast-food restaurant, as measured property line to property line.
(ii)
New or expanded single-tenant, free-standing fast-food restaurant,
subject to Special Use Permit approval.
(iii)
New or expanded fast-food drive-throughs, subject
to Special Use Permit approval.
(Ord. 94-05 3-22-94; Ord. 94-09 4-26-94; Ord. 02-21 6-11-02; Ord. 05-06 8-9-05; Ord. 21-12 8-10-21; Ord. 22-01 10-19-21; Ord. 23-01 10-11-22; Ord. 23-19, 9/26/2023)
Card clubs operated for gaming purposes, pursuant to the provisions
of Section 19802 of the California Business and Professions Code,
are only permitted in the C-R Zone and are subject to all of the following
criteria:
(1)
The
establishment and operation of any gaming club shall be individually
approved by a majority vote of the voters of the City of Inglewood.
(2)
Any
gaming club shall be located within a single structure containing
not less than one hundred thousand square feet of gross floor area.
(3)
Any
gaming club shall additionally adhere to and comply with all other
applicable State and City laws and conditions of operation.
(Ord. 93-02 2-2-93)
All the uses enumerated in Section 12-27 with the exceptions of horse racing, golf courses, accessory uses and such limited duration activities as fiestas and carnivals shall be conducted within an enclosed building, structure, tent or arena.
(Ord. 93-02 2-2-93)
Parking shall be provided for each new supplemental use set forth in Section 12-28 in conformance with Article 19.
No permanent building or structure shall be erected or constructed
within thirty feet of any property line within this zone. Said areas
shall be used only for landscaping or landscaped parking areas and
subterranean parking.
No new building, tent or structure shall be constructed or erected
within this zone which exceeds one hundred fifty feet in height from
natural grade.
All signs shall comply with requirements of Article 23, Chapter
12 of Inglewood Municipal Code.
(Ord. 2250 3-16-76)
No lot shall be created within this zone which contains less
than one acre or forty-three thousand five hundred sixty square feet
in area. No such lot shall have a frontage on a dedicated public street
of less than one hundred feet.
No new building, structure, tent or accessory use such as parking
or open storage of materials shall be erected, located or placed within
two hundred feet of any single-family residential zone.
No new stables or animal shelters shall be erected, located
or placed within five hundred feet of any single-family residential
zone.
The following supplementary uses are permitted subject to restrictions of Section 12-29 of this Article.
(1)
Hotels,
motels (two hundred rooms or more per structure).
(2)
Restaurants
(four hundred seats or more per structure).
(3)
Office
buildings (fifty thousand square feet of floor area or more per structure).
(4)
Accessory
commercial uses provided they are an integral part of the development
of the above uses.
(5)
Government
facilities, excluding schools, storage yards or maintenance yards.
(Ord. 93-02 2-2-93)
Maps and drawings shall be submitted to the Planning and Building
Department in sufficient detail to indicate the following:
(1)
The
position of all proposed and existing structures on the subject property.
(2)
Elevations
of proposed structures.
(3)
Proposed
landscaping.
(4)
Proposed
parking.
(5)
Proposed
fences and walls.
(6)
Proposed
signs.
(7)
Vehicular
and pedestrian circulation.
(Ord. 2348 7-31-79; Ord. 08-05 4-22-08)
A filing fee for Planning Commission Review as specified in
the Master Fee Schedule shall be paid at the time of filing said maps
and drawings.
The owner or authorized agent shall file the following drawings
and plans with the Planning and Building Department along with a fee
equal to the fee specified in the Master Fee Schedule prior to applying
for a building permit:
Within ten days after the notice of disapproval or conditional
approval has been mailed to applicant, the applicant may appeal to
the City Council by filing a written notification thereof with the
Planning and Building Department Director together with a fee equal
to the Design Review appeal fee as specified in the Master Fee Schedule.
(Ord. 2346 7-3-79; Ord. 13-04 11-5-13)
The Planning Commission, in reviewing all plans submitted, shall
be governed by the following standards:
(1)
Compliance
with Code. All applicable provisions of the Inglewood Municipal Code
shall be complied with.
(2)
Special
Fire Zone Requirements. All new structures or buildings erected within
this zone primarily for human occupancy shall meet the following fire
zone requirements:
(3)
Use
Compatible with Surrounding Areas. That the supplemental use and structures
are compatible with adjacent uses and characteristics of the surrounding
areas and C-R Zone.
(4)
Traffic
and Pedestrian Circulation. That said plans provide for adequate traffic
and pedestrian circulation to prevent traffic congestion and to insure
pedestrian safety.
(5)
Landscaping,
Fences, Walls and Screening. That said plans provide for landscaping,
fences, walls and screening as required by the Parks and Recreation
and Planning Commissions.
(6)
That
the building elevations are designed to be compatible with the characteristics
of existing structures, the surrounding area and the master plan for
development of the areas involved.
(7)
Parking.
That parking as shown in said plans will conform to the provisions
of the Inglewood Municipal Code.
(8)
Signs.
That all signs as shown in said plans will conform to the provisions
of Article 23 of this Chapter.
(9)
Loading
and Trash Areas. That there be adequate trash and loading areas shown
in said plan to prevent unsanitary conditions and undesirable traffic
congestion.
(Ord. 2008 9-12-69)
The ancillary sale of beer and wine in a partially enclosed
or unenclosed area of an C-R zoned property may be conducted subject
to Special Use Permit approval and when the use complies fully with
the following standards:
(1)
The
sale of deli-style or picnic style food items shall be sold in conjunction
with the sale of ancillary beer and wine to customers and patrons.
No beer or wine with an alcohol content level greater than fifteen
percent shall be sold to any customer or patron in a partially enclosed
or unenclosed area within a large venue in the C-R zone.
(2)
The
sale of distilled spirits shall be prohibited to customers or patrons
in any unenclosed or partially unenclosed area.
(3)
The
sale of all alcoholic beverages to minors shall be prohibited. An
ancillary beer and wine area shall contain a two-foot by two-foot
sign that states "Minors Prohibited from Entering Ancillary Area."
(4)
The
area in which beer and wine is being sold shall be located no further
than twenty-five feet from a building opening and shall be cordoned
off by a rope, fence, chain or other enclosure that restricts entry
into an ancillary area from a specific location.
(5)
Any
customer or patron that purchases beer or wine from an ancillary area
shall wear a secured and brightly colored identification wrist band
or arm band that allows security and other personnel to readily identify
adults that have made an ancillary beer and wine area purchase.
(6)
The
ancillary beer and wine area shall be routinely monitored by security
guards or other security personnel.
(7)
The
sale of ancillary beer and wine sales shall be suspended one hour
prior to the close of a scheduled event or use, but under no circumstances
later than one a.m.
(Ord. 08-25 12-2-08)
